 | Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan Subjects: Azerbaijan -- Politics and government -- 1991–; Post-communism -- Azerbaijan -- History; Democracy -- Azerbaijan -- History; Political corruption -- Azerbaijan -- History; Authoritarianism -- Azerbaijan -- History; Islam and politics -- Azerbaijan -- Hist; Frustrated Democracy in Post-Soviet Azerbaijan follows a newly independent oil-rich former Soviet republic as it adopts a Western model of democratic government and then turns toward corrupt authoritarianism. Audrey L. Altstadt is a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She was a fellow at the Wilson Center in 2014-15. |
